. Lime-sulphur wash [microform]. Spraying and dusting in agriculture; Pulvérisation et poudrage en agriculture; Insect pests; Fruit; Insectes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Fruits. »9 two application*. Thoc may Unh be madr in the si>rin« with an intenal of a couple of clays or mort- lH-t\\cen them. >>t ne may Ik- made in autumn, as soon as the leaves have noariy all fallen, an<l tlie « Mier in spring. Very large apple trees are hard to free from the scale, much harder than smaller or medium-sized ones. To make it easier to treat them thoroughly fruitgrowers in mfeste<l distri . ar
. Lime-sulphur wash [microform]. Spraying and dusting in agriculture; Pulvérisation et poudrage en agriculture; Insect pests; Fruit; Insectes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Fruits. »9 two application*. Thoc may Unh be madr in the si>rin« with an intenal of a couple of clays or mort- lH-t\\cen them. >>t ne may Ik- made in autumn, as soon as the leaves have noariy all fallen, an<l tlie « Mier in spring. Very large apple trees are hard to free from the scale, much harder than smaller or medium-sized ones. To make it easier to treat them thoroughly fruitgrowers in mfeste<l distri . are heading the trees back severely. In doing this care should be taken to cut close to a side branch, sawing a little on the slope, so that the rain will run otT, and to see that the wound is thoroughly jrainted over to prevent disease getting in and destnying the trees. It need scarcely be said that the pruning of infested trees. Kig. 9. San Josfi Scale on pear. slioiild be done l)cf(jre si)raying. and t!iat all prunings should be burned, not thrown into brush-heaps and allowed to remain there. If the loose bark be scraped off with a hoc early in the season it will allow the spray to reach scales tliat otherwise might ocape. Careful cultivation and a liberal use of manure will assist iho spray in giving renewed vigor to badly infested trees. There is no insect, in ()ntario at least, that requires more careful and thorough work on the part of the sprayer if he is to get good resuUs, because, if even a few infested twigs are left unsprayed. there will fre- quently be enough scale (tn them to produce great numbers by autumn. From a single fertile female in spring at least ,000 offspring may be i i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Caesar, Lawson, 1870-1952; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture.
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